The epic Andrei Smirnov "Once upon a time there was a woman" out of rental

Author of "Byelorussian Railway Station" and "Autumn" Andrey Smirnov released his first hire in over thirty years now - the epic "Once upon a time there was a woman." The main character - Tambov peasant Barbara (Daria Ekamasova), which in 1909 married a drunkard favor of a wealthy family (Vlad Abashin). Encounter with her Domostroi woes are just beginning: in the course of history, she has to endure rape, war, revolution, Makhno, food detachments, Antonov (in the role of the leader of the rebels in the frame enters Yuri Shevchuk) and shooting just newfound lover (Alexei Serebryakov). Earlier the film was shown at the festival in Vyborg, and Montreal, in October Press night held in Moscow, at the "Zavtra/2morrow" in St. Petersburg and in the Tambov region, where the picture was shot. Before the premiere of Vyborg director admitted that he traveled all the Tambov province far and wide, studying the endangered Great voices. Actors had to specially trained to speak in dialect. The production budget for the project amounted to $ 6 million, one third of which will provide the Ministry of Culture.